Anzhi Arena (Anji Arena)

Anzhi Arena (Russian: «Анжи Арена») or Anji Arena is an all-seater football stadium in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia, and the home of Russian Premier League club Anzhi Makhachkala. The stadium was built on the site of Anzhi's former home, Khazar Stadium. It was opened after its renewal on 17 March 2013 and has a capacity of 26,500 spectators. It replaced Dynamo Stadium as the home of FC Anzhi.

History

Anzhi played their home games at the Dynamo Stadium in the center of the city of Makhachkala, but due to its small capacity, they decided to build a new stadium that could provide a bigger audience. The stadium was built in 2003 in Kaspiysk (10 km southeast from Makhachkala) due to small sources of land in the city of Makhachkala, the stadium was named Khazar. It was inaugurated on 22 July 2003. On its opening, Anzhi played against Kuban Krasnodar in a league match which ended in a 1–0 win by Anzhi.

Later, Anzhi left the Khazar stadium and returned to play at their old Dynamo Stadium due to the difficulty of playing football under the strong winds blowing from the Caspian Sea.

This page also has a version in other languages :  Анжи Арена (russian)